UTokyo

Sources

• Undergraduate Students https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/prospective-students/undergraduate.html

  Official page describing the general undergraduate model: students spend the first two years studying a broad liberal arts curriculum and then proceed to departments in ten faculties according to preference, aptitude, and performance.

  Model element: post-enrollment choice of a main field.

• Education in the Junior Division and admission to the Senior Division https://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng_site/info/academics/zenki/intro3/

  The College of Arts and Sciences page describes late specialisation, the Foundation, Integrated, and Thematic course categories, and the Senior Division admission system, where the Junior Division stream broadly determines available departments while some students may seek admission to any department.

  Model element: main-track choice is governed by the formal Senior Division admission system rather than by a fully open programme.

• University-wide Education Program in AY2026 https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400258901.pdf

  Official material listing 13 university-wide programs in which students take courses from multiple faculties or graduate schools as a single themed program in addition to their home faculty curriculum.

  Model elements: a regular minor-like option for Senior Division undergraduates, with a certificate awarded on completion.

• Cybersecurity Education Program https://si.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cybersecurity/

  The program page shows that university-wide programs have coherent requirements: the Cybersecurity example requires 12 credits, including at least 4 credits from core elective courses, and the 2026 list includes courses from different faculties.

  Operational model element: the additional pathway is a linked certificate program rather than a random set of electives.

• Overview of the Junior Division https://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng_site/info/academics/zenki/intro4/

  The page describes the Junior Division as the required two-year liberal arts stage and states that 400-500 Integrated Course lectures are offered each semester across six streams, while Thematic Courses are chosen freely by students.

  Model elements: broad course flexibility in the required junior part of undergraduate study.

• List of Departments https://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng_site/info/academics/zenki/bukai/

  Model elements: Junior Division departments cooperate to offer a curriculum of more than 3,000 courses across languages, social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary areas.

  Additional model elements: the scale of the internal course pool available in the Junior Division.

• University-wide Common Courses https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/students/special-activities/kyotsu-jugyo-kamoku.html

  Official page describing courses open to students from several Senior Division faculties; 98 undergraduate common courses are listed for 2026.

  Model elements: a free cross-faculty course pool in the Senior Division, while inclusion in graduation requirements depends on faculty rules.

• Educational system and faculties https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_08.html

  The admissions page sets out the duration structure: the first two years are spent in the Junior Division of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Senior Division usually lasts another two years, while medicine, veterinary medicine, and pharmacy last four years in the Senior Division.

  Model elements: the undergraduate duration range: four years for most tracks and six years for the named medical, veterinary and pharmaceutical tracks.